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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
2
A fragmented local column laments news gathering challenges. It tells of a reporter asking a housemaid about a fire, only to learn the family and even the burned residence were not at home. Strong local tone with vivid but unclear details.
A Dallas News excerpt questions a Mr Patten and wife quitting the May wheat market amid church work and Christian duty. The piece debates whether rumors reflect covetous behavior or higher law, noting losses to the poor and prolonged church-affect costs.
A fragmentary rural note describes a farmer wrestling a cow and mentions Jenene the valve and corn, with garbled phrases about butter, veal, sea, Poland, poultry, hay, saddles, and a town visit. The text is jumbled and unclear but evokes farm life and commodity talk.
A Texas local option measure imposes prison terms of two to five years for selling intoxicating liquor in local option districts. The Governor signed the act, effective immediately, with no fines in lieu of confinement and the jury may impose the maximum penalty. The piece also references a drugbook advertisement by Dr Shoop offering remedies for rheumatism.
Scraps from a Wichita Falls Times note a business men meeting and a push to shield merchants from traveling fairs. a mix of ads and local notices appears, including drug remedies and infant obituaries, with various small items from Valley Mills and Hamilton.
A Midland news snippet argues juror quality is often poor and untrustworthy. It advocates rotating jurors, licensing juror work, and reducing eager professionals, with aims to ensure intelligence and impartiality on juries. The piece cites local figures and mentions political candidacy context.
A negro man was shot in the head with a twelve gauge single barrel shotgun at his Gatesville home last Friday morning. Nora was arrested and jailed by the sheriff after the incident. the wounded man remains alive but statements are uncertain. A negro girl was in the house but not in the shooting room.
Poorly legible ad describes a 40 deres farm near Hw Norse Lutheran church and Nori with improved land, 50 acres in cultivation, pond, wells, and a tank. Price 325.00. Title guaranteed, broker Oscar J. Rea & Co offers butter eggs and cotton purchases.
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